A 67-year-old Fullerton man who admitted having sex in Bangladesh with boys while working for a federal agency was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in federal prison.

William Newton Rudd pleaded guilty last Oct. 30 to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place. As part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, he was sentenced on the low end of the government’s guidelines.

U.S. District Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler also said Rudd will be placed on 10 years of supervised release after completing his prison time and ordered him to pay $15,000 in restitution to his victims, according to Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Rudd was working in Bangladesh for USAID, an independent federal agency that helps those overseas recover from disasters and improve living conditions, when he was caught in his Bangladesh hotel room with three young boys in June 2004, according to court records.

Two of the boys said Rudd had touched them inappropriately and one of the boys said he had an ongoing sexual relationship with Rudd, according to court records.

Rudd’s prosecution was part of Project Safe Childhood, which was launched by the Department of Justice to combat sexual exploitation of children.

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